Dr. Selma E. Targovnik, MD

Expert Publications

• Studies on contact photosensitivity to hexachlorophene and trichlorocarbanilide in guinea pigs and man.
• Contact photosensitivity patterns to halogenated salicylanilides in man and guinea pigs.

Media Releases

Get to know Dermatologist Dr. Selma E. Targovnik, who serves patients in Phoenix, Arizona.

An experienced dermatologist, Dr. Targovnik treats a range of skin disorders, as well as conditions that affect the hair and nails. Licensed to practice medicine in Arizona, she is affiliated with Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix and Carl T. Hayden Veterans’ Administration Medical Center.

Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix, formerly Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center, is a nationally recognized academic medical center. The world-class hospital is focused on coordinated clinical care, expanded research activities, and nurturing future generations of highly trained medical professionals who serve the community.

The Phoenix VA Health Care System proudly serves Veterans in central Arizona at the Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center and nine community based outpatient VA clinics. Comprehensive health care is provided through primary care, tertiary care, and long-term care in areas of medicine, surgery, psychiatry, physical medicine and rehabilitation, neurology, oncology, dentistry, geriatrics, and extended care.

Back in 1961, Dr. Targovnik graduated with her medical degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine – Yeshiva University. She then went on to perform her internship at Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center in 1962, her residency in internal medicine at NYC Health + Hospitals / Bellevue in 1963, her residency in dermatology at North Colorado Medical Center in 1964, and her fellowship in dermatology at Boston University Medical Center in 1966. 

Noted for her expertise, she is board-certified in dermatology by the American Board of Dermatology (ABD). The ABD is a voluntary, non-profit, private, autonomous organization formed for the primary purpose of protecting the public interest by establishing and maintaining high standards of training, education, and qualifications of physicians rendering care in dermatology.

Dermatology is the branch of medicine dealing with the skin, the largest organ of the body; a specialty with medical, surgical and cosmetic aspects. A dermatologist is a specialist doctor who manages skin diseases due to both internal and external causes and is trained to address cosmetic concerns involving the skin. Dermatological duties include diagnosis and management of a variety of skin disorders, rashes, birthmarks, skin cancer screening and treatment, skin infections, cutaneous surgery and the use of injectables and lasers for skin rejuvenation.  

Dr. Targovnik and her husband, Dr. Jerome Targovnik, established Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Phoenix honoring their son, Labe, following his death. They felt it important to establish a fund in his memory so that financially needy Jewish children and young adults could be provided some of the advantages Labe had enjoyed, e.g., summer camps, Jewish programs in the United States as well as in Israel. They would like to believe that the recipients of awards from Labe’s scholarship fund will use their experiences to further their commitment to Judaism and the Jewish community.

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